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  • September 2007

    • Mind the Gaffe, Prez!

      Reuters  |  Sep 9, 07 7:44 AM CDT

      Mind the Gaffe, Prez!

      (Newser) - As usual, President Bush didn't mind the gaffe and stumbled again—and again—this weekend on the eve of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gathering in Sydney. He referred to Australian troops as Austrian troops and called the APEC summit the OPEC summit., Reuters reports. "Thank you for being such a fine host for the OPEC summit," Bush told Australian Prime Minister John Howard. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Australia  • OPEC  • gaffe  • John Howard  • APEC

    • APEC Leaders Agree to Take on Global Warming

      Associated Press  |  Sep 8, 07 11:24 AM CDT

      APEC Leaders Agree to Take on Global Warming

      (Newser) - Leaders of 21 Pacific Rim nations yesterday pledged to “slow, stop, and then reverse” greenhouse emissions, at the annual APEC summit. The group—which includes developing nations and top emitters Russia, China, Japan, and the US—could influence UN climate change negotiations. But critics call the pact unambitious, citing a lack of goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions. More »

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      China  • Russia  • climate change  • global warming  • Japan  • Australia  • APEC

    • Bush Calls For Freedom in China

      Reuters  |  Sep 7, 07 6:07 AM CDT

      Bush Calls For Freedom in China

      (Newser) - President Bush yesterday called on Chinese officials to demonstrate a commitment to "greater openness and tolerance" before the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In a speech to business executives in Sydney on the eve of the Asia-Pacific summit, Bush emphasized the need for greater freedoms throughout Asia and warned China that the world will watching during the international games. More »

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      China  • Russia  • Vladimir Putin  • Australia  • Myanmar  • democracy  • Hu Jintao  • uranium  • APEC

    • Aussie Chief Pleads for APEC Peace on YouTube

      BBC  |  Sep 3, 07 11:45 AM CDT

      Aussie Chief Pleads for APEC Peace on YouTube

      (Newser) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard has taken to the YouTube web waves in a bid to quell protests this week in Sydney at the summit on Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation. If demonstrators "really are concerned about poverty and climate change, they should support APEC not attack it," Howard pleads. But it did nothing to stop protesters from breaking into an Australian power station today. More »

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      climate change  • YouTube  • Australia  • protests  • poverty  • John Howard  • APEC

  • August 2007

    • Laura Bush Will Skip APEC Trip to Australia

      Chicago Tribune  |  Aug 27, 07 5:13 AM CDT

      Laura Bush Will Skip APEC Trip to Australia

      (Newser) - Laura Bush plans to sit out the president's trip to Australia early next month for the APEC summit, due to a pinched nerve. Washington Post blogger Mark Silva speculates that the First Lady's decision may presage other stops being added to the president's itinerary for the trip, which comes just before his upcoming report to Congress on progress in Iraq. More »

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      Australia  • Dick Cheney  • Kabul  • Islamabad  • Laura Bush  • APEC

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